{"product_id":"the-madonnas-of-echo-park-9781439170847","title":"The Madonnas of Echo Park","description":"\u003cb\u003eReminiscent of Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse's \"engaging storytelling\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e) brings the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles to life in this poignant and propulsive novel following several generations of Mexican immigrants through their shifting cultural and physical landscapes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Madonnas of Echo Park\u003c\/i\u003e is both a grand mural of a Los Angeles neighborhood and an intimate glimpse into the lives of the men and women who struggle to lose their ethnic identity in the pursuit of the American dream. Each chapter summons a different voice--poetic, fierce, comic. We meet Hector, a day laborer who trolls the streets for work and witnesses a murder that pits his morality against his illegal status; his ex-wife Felicia, who narrowly survives a shooting and lands a cleaning job in a Hollywood Hills house as desolate as its owner; and young Aurora, who journeys through her now gentrified childhood neighborhood to discover her own history and her place in the land that all Mexican-Americans dream of, \"the land that belongs to us again.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReminiscent of Luis Alberto Urrea and Dinaw Mengestu, \u003ci\u003eThe Madonnas of Echo Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and genuinely fresh view of American life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439170847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.62w x 0.59d","brand":"Brando Skyhorse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42095632416949,"sku":"9781439170847","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ff7884a5-36da-4553-84a3-3da453f85cda.jpg?v=1651588484","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-madonnas-of-echo-park-9781439170847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}